[Haskell-cafe] Hmm, what license to use?

Manlio Perillo manlio_perillo at libero.it
Fri Sep 26 06:43:09 EDT 2008


Thomas Davie ha scritto:
> [...]
>> Though the analogy is inapt, because the GPL *doesn't* prevent use of
>> software for "things you don't like":
>>
>> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#NoMilitary
> 
> Sure it does -- it prevents the use of software for things that are 
> closed source.
> 

What worse, is that it prevents me to use a GPL library in a MIT 
library, unless there is an explicit extra clause in the license, like 
done by the library shipped with MySQL, and some (not so many) others:
http://www.mysql.com/about/legal/licensing/foss-exception.html

> Bob


Manlio Perillo


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